Albert
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

☨ ♂ Albert

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1888 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1929-03-28
Death reason:	disease: pneumonia
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1919-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Ringling Bros. Circus

1907-00-00	Ringling Bros. Circus from Barnum & Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-12: Previous locations, Text 2021-11-20: Born in Asia

Latest document update	2021-11-20 18:54:44
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Biography

† Albert is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1929-03-28 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as pneumonia.

Origin

Albert was born wild 1888 at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Tuskless makna.

Records about Albert from Bob Cline

ALBERT Born - 1888 1907 to 1918 - RBBB
Male Asian 1895 to 1918 - Barnum & Bailey Circus ( Tuskless from Burma )
1919 to 1929 - remained in Bridgeport, CT winter quarters
1919 to 1929 - RBBB 41 years old
Died - March 28, 1929 at Starlight Park

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

1895: listed in New York World on Sun. Dec 1, 1895 as arriving on the Persia
1907 to 1918 - Ringling Brothers Circus per Bob Cline
1919 to 1929 - remained in Bridgeport, CT winter quarters

"In 1917 the Barnum Show carried 18 Asian elephants, four of which were males. Two tuskers "Pilate" and "Mighty" and two that had no Ivory at all "Albert" and "Coco".
To the uninformed, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey were long since dead by this time and the show was owned by the Ringling Brothers. Two years later both shows and titles were merged and the 1919 show carried 36 elephants adding three more Tuskless males "Sammy", "Rio" and "John". This phenomenon is not all that unusual but I have read that Tuskless males in the jungle will instinctly become more ferocious in order to compete with tuskers.
My dad was on the show in 1920 taking care of two camels named "Victor" and "Rosie" and added that the only Tusker at that time was "Mighty" and he had knobs on the end of his Tusks but for some reason they were flat like door knobs. He also mentioned that when the elephant men mounted up to ride to the train the Ringling elephants raised them up with their trunks and the Barnum elephants used their left front foot. Buckles"
Barnum & Bailey/ Mooneys musical elephants, Buckles Web Log, 07/21/05

Records about Albert from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
From Buckles Woodcocks blog:
Albert in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Albert in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Albert, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2368. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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